SaaS Access & Identity Lead – Public Sector (Hybrid)

Next Ventures; Den Haag; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Ventures seeks an experienced Lead Platform Engineer for a long-term engagement with a Dutch public sector client. The role is hybrid in The Hague, requiring Dutch-speaking capabilities and a hands-on, leadership-focused approach.

You will architect and deliver a secure identity platform enabling SaaS access, with SSO, identity federation, and automated onboarding. Regular on-site collaboration with stakeholders and coordination of specialist engineers are expected.

Qualifications

• Senior Platform Engineer, Cloud Engineer, or Solution Architect background.
• Hands-on with OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SAML.
• Experience with identity federation and SaaS integrations.
• Experience with SCIM or API-based user provisioning.
• Experience with IaC and modern software delivery practices.
• Ability to lead technical discussions with customers and architect decisions.
• Experience in regulated environments (BIO, NIS2) advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical delivery of the SaaS access and onboarding platform.
• Act as the primary technical contact for the customer throughout the engagement.
• Define architecture and integration patterns for: SSO, Identity Federation, User Provisioning, SaaS Onboarding.
• Apply standards such as OIDC, SAML, SCIM, and OpenID.NLGov where appropriate.
• Drive standardisation, automation, and reusable platform engineering patterns.
• Translate customer requirements into architecture, backlog items, and engineering deliverables.
• Coordinate specialist Platform Engineers when additional expertise is required.
• Lead technical workshops and align stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Customer communication

Architectural decisions

Team coordination

Tools

OIDC

OAuth 2.0

SAML

SCIM

IaC

APIs

Job description

Next Ventures seeks an experienced Lead Platform Engineer for a long-term engagement with a Dutch public sector client. The role is hybrid in The Hague, requiring Dutch-speaking capabilities and a hands-on, leadership-focused approach.

You will architect and deliver a secure identity platform enabling SaaS access, with SSO, identity federation, and automated onboarding. Regular on-site collaboration with stakeholders and coordination of specialist engineers are expected.